Mulata National Forest

The Mulata National Forest has an area of {{convert|216601.41|ha}}.{{sfn|Flona de Mulata – Chico Mendes}}

It is almost equally divided between the municipalities of Alenquer (49.7%) and Monte Alegre (50.3%) in the state of Pará.{{sfn|FLONA de Mulata – ISA|loc=Informações gerais}}

It adjoins the Trombetas State Forest to the west and the Paru State Forest to the north.{{sfn|FLONA de Mulata – ISA|loc=Informações gerais (mapa)}}

It lies in the north of the Amazon depression in the marginal plateau of the Amazon River.

Altitudes range from {{convert|78|to|732|m}}.

It is drained by the Maicuru, Curuá and Cuminapanema rivers.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}

The Mulata National Forest is in the Amazon biome.{{sfn|Flona de Mulata – Chico Mendes}}

Average annual rainfall is {{convert|1700|mm}}.

Temperatures range from {{convert|26|to|28|C}} and average {{convert|26|C}}.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}

Coverage is 53% dense rainforest, 5% open rainforest, and 41% savannah-forest contact.{{sfn|FLONA de Mulata – ISA}}

The savannah is in the south.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}

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The Mulata National Forest was created on 1 August 2001 and is administered by the Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation (ICMBio).{{sfn|Flona de Mulata – Chico Mendes}}

The occupants of the settlement areas created by the Instituto Nacional de Colonização e Reforma Agrária in 1965 were to receive compensation for their land.{{sfn|FLONA de Mulata – ISA}}

The advisory council was created on 30 March 2011.{{sfn|FLONA de Mulata – ISA}}

It is classed as IUCN protected area category VI (protected area with sustainable use of natural resources) with the objective of sustainable multiple use of forest resources and scientific research, with emphasis on methods for sustainable exploitation of native forests.{{sfn|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}

Protected species include the Amazonian manatee (Trichechus inunguis).{{sfn|Flona de Mulata – Chico Mendes}}

In September 2015 ICMBio reported that their agents and the federal and military police had found about {{convert|6|km}} of logging roads opened in the national forest and dozens of felled trees, mostly the very valuable ipê amarelo of the Tabebuia genus.

They destroyed the trees and a tractor found in the forest.{{sfn|Floresta paraense combate retirada ilegal de madeira}}

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• {{citation|ref={{harvid|Flona de Mulata – Chico Mendes}}|language=Portuguese

|title=Flona de Mulata|publisher=Chico Mendes Institute for Biodiversity Conservation

|url=http://www.icmbio.gov.br/portal/unidadesdeconservacao/biomas-brasileiros/amazonia/unidades-de-conservacao-amazonia/1940-flona-de-mulata|accessdate=2016-06-01}}

• {{citation|ref={{harvid|FLONA de Mulata – ISA}}|language=Portuguese

|title=FLONA de Mulata|publisher=ISA: Instituto Socioambiental

|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/4750|accessdate=2016-06-01}}

• {{citation|ref={{harvid|Floresta paraense combate retirada ilegal de madeira}} |date=29 September 2015|language=Portuguese

|title=Floresta paraense combate retirada ilegal de madeira|publisher=ICMBio|via=ISA: FLONA de Mulata - Noticias

|url=https://uc.socioambiental.org/uc/4750|accessdate=2016-06-01}}

• {{citation|ref={{harvid|Unidade de Conservação ... MMA}}|language=Portuguese

|title=Unidade de Conservação: Floresta Nacional de Mulata|publisher=MMA: Ministério do Meio Ambiente

|url=http://sistemas.mma.gov.br/cnuc/index.php?ido=relatorioparametrizado.exibeRelatorio&relatorioPadrao=true&idUc=99|accessdate=2016-06-01}}

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Category:National forests of Brazil

Category:2001 establishments in Brazil

Category:Protected areas of Pará